“My sister died in ’41 of breast cancer, and I remember a rabbi saying that ‘God in his infinite wisdom has chosen to take this young girl.’ That was a …
Publications
Alice Hubbard
“The world can only be redeemed through action — movement — motion. Uncoerced, unbribed and unbought, humanity will move toward the light.” …
Harvey Fierstein
“We are lucky enough to be living in a country that not only guarantees the freedom to practice religion as we see fit, but also freedom FROM religious zealots who …
Aram Khachaturian
“I’m an atheist, but I’m a son of the [Armenian] people who were the first to officially adopt Christianity and thus visiting the Vatican was my duty.” …
Sam Simon
“I’m an atheist, but there’s a thing called tithing that a lot of religions do. Ten percent was the minimum you were supposed to give to charity every year. And …
Maxine Kumin
“I don’t see any wavering between agnosticism and atheism. I’ve been an atheist since the age of about 16.” …
Ken Follett
“By the time I applied to college, I had grave doubts about my parents’ religion. I had arguments with my father about theology. Philosophy is, in part, a study of …
Adam Smith
“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.” …
Susan Jacoby
“I’m an atheist because of, which has made a lot of people an atheist, because of the theodicy problem. The problem of if there is this all good, all powerful, …
